# Dark Surrealist Library Archive

- Model: [GPT Image 2](/models/chatgpt-image.md)
- Creator: [Library Anime (@library.anime)](/@library.anime.md)
- Label: AI-generated
- Use cases: GPT Image 2
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- Published: 2026-11-01
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## Prompt

```text
Create an original psychological dark-surrealist scene in a colossal underground archive. Endless shelves of sealed black books rise like skyscrapers and vanish into fog. In the central aisle, a solitary human figure in bone-white clothing kneels before one open book on the floor. No words are visible. From the blank pages rises a delicate life-size figure made entirely of dense black smoke, standing face-to-face with the kneeling person. The smoke figure has no eyes or mouth; instead, its chest contains a small locked crimson door. Thin threads connect that door to the kneeling person’s hands, suggesting a secret self finally acknowledged.

Vertical 9:16 framing, towering shelves create a narrow symmetrical canyon, high-angle shaft of cold silver light, the two figures positioned small in the lower center, immense oppressive scale above them. Black paper, aged stone, floating ash, volumetric fog, subtle polished-floor reflections, premium photorealistic dark concept art, refined editorial composition, quiet dread and introspection rather than horror spectacle.

Color palette: obsidian black, graphite, bone white, cold silver, a single muted crimson accent at the tiny door.

Constraints: entirely original metaphor; blank book pages with absolutely no writing; no recognizable person; no text, symbols, logos, signatures, borders, or watermark.

Avoid: visible letters or runes, portrait close-up, split face, black substance on skin, glowing eyes, gore, skulls, conventional ghosts, fantasy wizard styling, imitation of any named artist.
```

## About

A conceptual prompt for creating psychological dark-surrealist scenes featuring a solitary figure in a colossal underground library facing a smoke-based entity.

Prompt from YouMind OpenLab (github.com/YouMind-OpenLab).

## Credit and licence

Prompt by @library.anime on Promptclay, https://promptclay.com/prompts/dark-surrealist-library-archive-wggxwn
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